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Trump Approves TikTok Deal Valued at $14B

Trump Approves TikTok Deal Valued at $14B

Trump Approves TikTok Deal Valued at $14B
Above: Donald Trump signs an executive order about TikTok in the Oval Office on Sept. 25, 2025. Image copyright: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

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Trump has masterfully negotiated a TikTok deal that protects American national security while keeping the app alive for 170 million users. The agreement ensures American investors control the algorithm, prevents foreign propaganda manipulation and generates $178 billion in economic activity. This demonstrates the president's unmatched deal-making skillset that will succeed in putting America first.

The TikTok deal creates dangerous loopholes that undermine the original ban's purpose by allowing ByteDance to retain influence through algorithm licensing. This isn't the clean break Congress mandated, as operational relationships with Beijing persist through shared technology. The arrangement fails to deliver true security from Chinese Communist Party control.

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 51.3% chance that TikTok will still be available in the U.S. on Dec. 31, 2025, though still owned by a foreign adversary, according to the Metaculus prediction community.



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